Pelosi violates Constitution by asking Pope to comment on immigration

Last week, a new Pope was elected, with Cardinal Robert Prevost selecting Leo XIV as his name.

He did not even get his new robes warm and Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was asking the Pope to chime in our politics, which, in my opinion, is a violation of the Constitution.

Separation of Church and State

Even though the words “separation of church and state” are not in our Constitution, the spirit of that phrase is present in the First Amendment.

The amendment states, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion."

The Founders were adamant that they did not want to see church and state combined because they did not want to see religion used to influence voters in this country.

That, however, is how I interpret the most recent comments by Pelosi.

Criticizing Trump

Pope Leo had a long history of opposing Trump and Vance on his social media accounts.

For instance, he has reposted an op-ed by auxiliary Catholic Bishop Evelio Menjivar of Washington, D.C., who wrote, “Do you not see the suffering? Is your conscience not disturbed,” regarding the deportation of illegals by Trump.

He also posted an opinion piece against JD Vance in the National Catholic Reporter, which stated, “JD Vance is wrong: Jesus doesn’t ask us to rank our love for others.”

Pope Leo has also posted articles or comments for gun legislation as well as being against the death penalty, all liberal leaning opinions.

Chime In

The role of the pope is to run the church, not chime in on American politics, but that is not what Pelosi is asking from the Pope. She wants him to stick his nose in and voice support for Democrat positions to influence American Catholics against Trump, which I would interpret as a violation of the First Amendment.

Pelosi stated, "From his comments previous to being elected the pope, he has made clear what his values and his view of all of that is. And it is important, it is really important for us to listen to the words, both of our elected officials, when they say what they say about ranking people in their importance and, and our religious leaders."

When directly asked if she thought the pope should be a “moral and ethical voice” “when so many people are being deported or fear it,” she responded, “I certainly hope so.”

I clearly do not agree with that statement and I think the idea of this pope being an example of the moral and ethical high ground is a complete and utter joke when you consider his actions to help coverup alleged sexual assaults against children by Catholic priests.